P3711 R1 Safer StringViewLike Functions for Replacing char* strings

[wg21bot]

P3711R0 Safer StringViewLike Functions for Replacing char* strings (Marco Foco, Alexey Shevlyakov, Joshua Kriegshauser)

[cor3ntin]

See also #2334

[inbal2l]

@tahonermann (SG16), @rogerorr (SG23) - will it be possible to see this paper during first few days of Sofia?
If so, it will be great, as we would like to cosider it alog side other related papers.

[tahonermann]

@inbal2l, SG16 will not be meeting in Sofia, so no. I recommend holding this paper and #2210 until LEWG has concluded discussions for zstring_view (#2285 and #2338).

[rogerorr]

SG23 saw P3711R0 during the Sofia meeting. Four polls were taken.

We should promise more committee time to pursuing P3711R0 from a safety and security perspective

SF	F	N	A	SA
2	7	2	2	0

Consensus

Three polls on Is there interest in:
(Note: some people said they did not have sufficient information at this time to express an opinion and voted N)

starts_with/ends_with:

F	N	A
4	7	1

join:

F	N	A
3	7	1

is_empty:

F	N	A
1	3	7

[inbal2l]

2025-06-20 LEWG Sofia Meeting

P3711R1: Safer StringViewLike Functions for Replacing char* strings

2025-06-20 Library Evolution Sofia Minutes

Champion: Marco Foco
Chair: Fabio Fracassi / Robert Leahy
Minute Taker: Bronek Kozicki

Summary

POLL: Knowing our time is scarce, LEWG would like to promise more time to explore the rendering of member functions from string and string_view in bounded and unbounded, free function forms.

SF	F	N	A	SA
3	10	8	9	1

Attendance: 36 (IP) + 9 (R)
Author's Position: SF
Outcome: No consensus

POLL: Knowing our time is scarce, LEWG would like to promise more time to explore a “ join ” function over bounded and unbounded string-view-like types.

SF	F	N	A	SA
4	6	10	8	2

Attendance: 36 (IP) + 9 (R)
Author's Position: SF
Outcome: No consensus

Next Steps

No consensus for dedicating more time.